White Camas (Anticlea elegans ssp. glaucus)

Photo by Thomas Meyer, WDNR

Life history

Species overview

White Camas (Anticlea elegans ssp. glaucus), a Wisconsin Special Concern plant, is found in a variety of habitats, including oak openings, wet-mesic calcareous prairies, limestone-capped sandstone bluffs, cliffs, outcrops, and stabilized dunes along Lake Michigan. Blooming occurs late May through late July; fruiting occurs mid August through early September. The optimal identification period for this species is late May through late July.

State status

The table below provides information about the protected status -
state and federal - and the rank (S and G Ranks) for White Camas
(Anticlea elegans ssp. glaucus). See the Working
List Key for more information about abbreviations. Counties shaded
blue have documented occurrences for this species in the Wisconsin
Natural Heritage Inventory database.
The map is provided as a general reference of where this species has
been found to date and is not meant as a range map.

Summary Information

State Status

SC

Federal Status in Wisconsin

none

State Rank

S3

Global Rank

G5T4T5

Tracked by NHI

Y

Habitats and landscapes

The Natural Heritage Inventory has developed scores indicating the degree to which each of Wisconsin's rare plant species is associated with a particular natural community or ecological landscape. This information is similar to that found in the Wildlife Action Plan for animals. As this is a work in progress, we welcome your suggestions and feedback.

Natural communities

This table lists the natural communities that are associated with White Camas. Scores for natural community associations are: "significant" association (score=3), "moderate association" (score=2) or the species can be present but is only weakly associated with the community (score=1).

Species guidance

The Endangered Resources Program has developed avoidance measures and management guidelines for plants on the Natural Heritage Working List. These are a work in progress, and we welcome your suggestions and feedback. Sources used in developing this information can be found here.

Avoidance measures

These are specific actions designed to avoid "take" (mortality) of this species.

No avoidance measures have been developed for this species.

Management guidance

Management guidelines are additional considerations that may help maintain or enhance habitat for this species